This is a coming of age story written by a Asian-Canadian woman that is based on her own life experiences. I watched it with my daughters and it was OK, some of the 90's references seemed very forced but theme of a mother intentionally over feeding her daughter so that she wont be as attractive when she comes of age a sickening peek into the twisted mind of an overbearing mother. A take on an age old story but ultimately I got about as much out of it as im sure my mother got out of watching Treasure Planet 2002.